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Recorders
(In 1849 the circuit clerk became exofficio, recorder)

N. B. Thompson,
   October 21, 1837
   August 17, 1839		 M. H. L. Schooley,
   August 14, 1843
Levi L. Wood,
   August 19, 1847

Circuit Court Clerks
(Prior to 1848 circuit court clerks appointed by circuit judges)

Thomas R. Saunders,
   September 4, 1848 (elected)		 Finis E. Downing,
   December 1, 1880
   November 18, 1884
   December 3, 1888
Sylvester Emmonds,
   November 4, 1851
   November 23, 1852		 Henry F. Kors,
   November 29, 1892
   December 7, 1896
L. F. Saunders,
   December 2, 1853		 Adolph F. Sielschott,
   November 30, 1900
   November 29, 1904
James Taylor,
   November 14, 1856		 Lee D. Springer,
   December 7, 1908
   November 25, 1912
   December 8, 1916
Allen J. Hill,
   November 24, 1857		 Frank W. Finn,
   December 3, 1920
   November 26, 1924
   November 30, 1928
   December 1, 1932
   December 4, 1936
Henry Phillips,
   November 22, 1860
Allen J. Hill,
   November 25, 1861
Henry Phillips,
   November 19, 1864
Carlin F. Diffenbacher,
   November 19, 1868
Albert W. Arenz,
   November 26,1872
Thomas V. Finney,
   November 22, 1876

Sheriffs
(Collectors to 1839 and 1844 to institution of township government in 1924)

Lemon Plasters,
   October 21, 1837
   September 5, 1838		 A. H. Sielschott,
   November 22, 1876
   December 2, 1878
   December 1, 1880
   December 1, 1882
John Savage,
   August 3, 1840 (elected)
   August 6, 1841
   August 20, 1842
   August 27, 1846		 John Direen,
   November 3, 1886
   December 6, 1886
Joseph M. McLane,
   August 17, 1848		 John J. Beatty,
   November 26, 1890
John R. Fulks,
   November 13, 1850		 Louis W. Pilger,
   November 27, 1894
William Pitner,
   November 17, 1852		 Earnest P. Widmayer,
   November 28, 1898
James Taylor,
   November 14, 1854		 Fredrick E. Schweer,
   November 28, 1902
James A. Dick,
   November 12, 1856		 James R. Sligh,
   November 24, 1906
Francis H. Rearick,
   November 18, 1858		 Earnest P. Widmayer,
   November 30, 1910
James Taylor,
   November 22, 1860		 Jas. R. Sligh,
   November 18, 1914
Charles E. Yeck,
   November 20, 1862		 George W. Farrer,
   November 22, 1918
James A. Dick,
   November 19, 1864		 James R. Sligh,
   November 21, 1922
Charles E. Yeck,
   November 15, 1866		 Harold C. Farrar,
   January 25, 1924
Thomas Chapman,
   November 19, 1868		 David C. Byrus,
   November 24, 1924
Horace Cowan,
   November 19, 1870		 Richard R. Jokisch,
   November 22, 1926
George Volkmar,
   November 26, 1872		 Edwin F. Reichert,
   November 24, 1930
William Epler,
   November 24, 1874		 G. H. Campbell,
   November 26, 1934
Harry H. Hager,
   November 19, 1938